13 Beaches in Guerrero, Mexico: Map & Photos

13 beaches

Guerrero has 13 beaches with their own page on Puebloteca, near the Pueblo Mágico of Zihuatanejo. The closest to a pueblo is Playa Larga, 6 km from Zihuatanejo; the farthest out is La Saladita, 31 km from Zihuatanejo.

The dry season, November to April, brings the calmest seas. From June to October expect afternoon storms, and on the Caribbean coast, sargassum in some years.

Best months, when most of these towns are dry with comfortable afternoons: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr.

The Beaches 13

Playa Larga · Beach · 6 km from Zihuatanejo
A long, open beach just south of town near the airport, with seafood enramadas and room to spread out; the surf is strong.
La Saladita · Beach · 31 km from Zihuatanejo
A tiny surf hamlet north of Troncones with a long, gentle left point break loved by longboarders and a few palapa restaurants.
Playa Condesa · Beach · Acapulco de Juárez
The lively heart of the Costera's Golden Zone: 650 m of sand facing the rocky Farallón del Obispo, with water sports by day and beach bars by night.
Playa El Palmar · Beach · Zihuatanejo de Azueta
Ixtapa's main beach: a long Blue Flag curve of sand in front of the resort hotels, with parasailing and jet skis and surf that can turn rough.
Playa Icacos · Beach · Acapulco de Juárez
Acapulco Bay's longest beach, about 2 km of sand along the Costera below the Guitarrón hill, with gentler water and banana boats and parasailing.
Playa La Madera · Beach · Zihuatanejo de Azueta
A small certified beach five minutes' walk from downtown Zihuatanejo along a seafront path, named for the colonial timber trade, with gentle waves.
Playa La Ropa · Beach · Zihuatanejo de Azueta
Zihuatanejo Bay's long swimming beach, named for a colonial shipwreck's silks, with gentle waves, beach restaurants and a turtle-release programme.
Playa Las Gatas · Beach · Zihuatanejo de Azueta
Zihuatanejo's snorkelling beach, behind a reef and an old stone breakwater, reached by water taxi from the town pier or a rocky path from La Ropa.
Playa Linda · Beach · Zihuatanejo de Azueta
A long, open beach north of Ixtapa with surf, palm-roofed restaurants, a craft market, crocodile estuaries and the pier for boats to Isla Ixtapa.
Playa Principal and the Paseo del Pescador · Beach · Zihuatanejo de Azueta
Downtown Zihuatanejo's town beach, where the fishing boats land each morning, with the Paseo del Pescador promenade running between the pier and the museum.
Playa Quieta · Beach · Zihuatanejo de Azueta
A calm, 650-metre beach north of Ixtapa facing Isla Ixtapa, set up since 2020 as an inclusive beach with ramps and amphibious chairs.
Playa Revolcadero · Beach · Acapulco de Juárez
Long open-ocean beach in Acapulco Diamante where the port's surfing began, with grey sand, big summer swells, horse rides and wide sunsets.
Playas Caleta y Caletilla · Beach · Acapulco de Juárez
Twin sheltered beaches at the tip of old Acapulco, calm enough for small children, lined with seafood palapas and the boats out to La Roqueta.